1. Occupational Crime

2. Four Types of Occupational Crime
Organizational
State-based Authority
Professionals
Individuals

3. Organizational Crime
Definition: crimes for the benefit of an employing organization Who Benefits? The employers/the company (macro)
Examples:
Price Fixing
False Product Test Results
Fraud
Secrets Theft

4. State-based Authority Crime
Definition: crimes committed by govt. officials or employees through the exercise of their power given to them by their job Who Benefits? The offender benefits directly
Examples:
Senator taking Bribes
Police stealing confiscated goods
Mayor get kick-backs
Cuyahoga County Corruption charge

5. Professional Crime
Definition: crimes committed by professionals which violate the trust placed in them by their patients/clients/individuals Who Benefits? The offender benefits directly
Examples:
Sexual assault by dentists while patient is asleep
Teachers sleeping with their students
Lawyers billing clients for hours they did not work
Doctors/Vets making a false diagnosis

6. Exclusions…………..
State-based and professional occupational crime excludes the following:
criminal acts and offenses committed NOT while in the course of their job
offenses committed that are unrelated to the trust placed in them by an individual, client, or patient

7. Individual Occupational Crime
Definition: crimes committed by a worker themselves (unrelated to govt. authority, profession, or organization) Micro! Who Benefits? The individual themselves only
Examples:
Employee theft
Driving company vehicles while drunk
Falsification of expense reports
Income tax evasion